Garment renovating apparatus



Oct. 9, 1934.

E. F. MORKEN 1,976,453

GARMENT RENOVATI NG APPARATS Filed Feb. 10, 1934 I 5 I jr'oRNEY.

Patented Oct. 9, 1934 mexrovA'riNG'` Aram 'rUsQf f 1/5 4 February o,1934,' serialv Nestle-,59s

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1 Application t p f V sioaim" .This invention relates to improvements ingar-v ment renovating apparatus, andzthe object there-' of is to providean appliancejfor spreadingout and supporting a garment While applyingthereto a jet of steam in' such manner as to cause it to be distendedand revolved upon its'support by forcehof the appliedsteam. p, Anotherjjob'ject is to provide apparatus for ste'aning garments made ofpile'fabric in suchi'manner that the steam is distributed'with inore orless force over'the entirel inner surface of the garmentsoas'toc1eansethe entire 'fabric' body. and raise-'the pile on' theexterior thereof. Other objects and advantages' of the invention willappearhereinafter. I

In the usual practice of' steamingl velvet dresses,l the garmentis'housed'in a cabinet filled with steam, or, the Vdress is placed,onj'af form or suspended while steam is applied' at'randoin'from anozfzle that is manipulated'by thev operator; In the present instance,the garmentis supported and steam applied in such manner 'thatV thegarment is continuously rotated While distended by 'the force ofsteam'introduced through a nozzle against the inner Wall of the garmentso that the pressure of the steam is distributed automatically more orless uniformly over the entire inner surface of the garment without needof manipulation by the operator.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:-

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the invention shown as applied to a garment;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the invention applied to a garmentthe skirt of which is longer in the back than in the front;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a skirt spreader and its guide, a steam nozzlebeing also included in the View; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a preferred form of steam nozzleand its supporting foot.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention consists of a suspendeddress hanger, a revolvable skirt spreader, a guide for the spreader, anda nozzle for applying steam to a garment that is suspended from thehanger and attached to the spreader.

The hanger The hanger 1 is of the usual structure for suspending a dressfrom the shoulders and is attached to an overhead stationary support 2by a cord connection 3 preferably provided with a swivel 4 so that whena garment 5 is suspended on the hanger and rotated upon its longitudinalconcentric therewith which is connectedl with the hoop byv spokes 8...The-.hoop hasattached thereto by. means.of'individual-,flexible'.connectors 9. a series of fasteners'loofany;suitable-character adapted for ;ready attachment to 1'th'e:..hemfiofl a;

garment sothat when applied toi'a garment suspezdedv on-the hange'rxthespreader,,is' pendently supported substantially inif-horizontal.position .beneath the garment whereby the skirt thereof. is held spreadoutwardlyandstretched.e 1;'1 f., Th'gfli'i 'I f `The guide. consists ofa .floor` .base 1 1 provided .with an'upwardly extending post .12 Which.When :the guide Vis in: operating position projects loosely through the.bore..13fof the hub. 7... Preferably,

theflbore:ofthe.hub'isjsufficiently large as to permit .freedom of.axial .turning 'and-tilting' :movement of the spreader with respect tothe guide post while attached to a garment suspended on the hanger.

The nozzle The nozzle through which steam is applied to the garmentpreferably consists of a pipe 14 pro- Vided with an insulating handle 15and has also j attached thereto a cross-piece 16 c-onstituting a footthat prevents the pipe from turning axially when the foot is positionedon the floor. The discharge end of the pipe has an upturned porend ofthe pipe is connected to a source of steam supply under pressure by aflexible hose (not shown).

' Operation In using the apparatus, the hanger while attached to thestationary support by its connection is inserted through the neck of thegarment so as to extend beneath the shoulders, thus suspending thegarment. The spreader is positioned upon the guide which is alined uponthe floor' ilo 90 tion constituting a nozzle 17, and the opposite ibeing longer than the front, the spreader is, sus-' pendedaccommodatingly uponmorebrv less of an angle which is permitted because,the bore of its hub is greater than the guide-post. In this i instancewhen the steam is applied the spreader rotates upon the axis of theguide-post while the garment is heldV in longitudinal tension byv theweight of the spreader as in the former instance. In the vpreferred formof nozzle and support shown in Fig. 4, the steam pipe'M' and a stud 18are secured in the'opposite ends of a T conx nection 19 and the stud isadjustably securedin the foot 16' by aclamp screw 20. The nozzle l1'7'is secured in the side branch of the connection and its tip isfiattenedto form anelongated nar-` I row discharge opening 21. The pipe 14' may ibe adjustably turned upon'its axis relative -to the foot by manipulatingvthe screw so that the nozzle will be posed at the desired angle whenthe foot 'and the pipe rests upon the floor. v v

1. In a garment renovating apparatus, `a sta-v tionary support, a hangersuspended .from said support by a connection provided with a swivel, aspreader having-a'hoop and a concentriczhub connected therewith byspokes and provided with an annular series of fasteners connected withthe hoop at intervals by flexible connectors, a guide having a fioorbase provided with an'upwardly extending post alined withsaid'stationary supcueA The steam from the interior of the garport,.said post extending loosely through the hub of the spreader, and asteam-ejecting nozzle disposed beneath the spreader and'directed at anyacute angle toward the inner surface of a garment when said garment issuspended from said hanger and connected at its bottom to said spreaderby said fasteners so that when steam is ejected from the nozzle thegarment is extended and rotated by theiejected steam.

2. In a garment renovating apparatus, a rotatably mounted hanger, aspreader having an outer ,annular series of fasteners connectedtherewith at spaced intervals and provided with a central hub,faguide-'post disposed vertioally in alinement with the axis of saidhanger and extending loosely through the bore of said hub and upon whichpostsaid spreader has axial, tilting and turning movement, andl asteam-ejecting nozzle positioned beneath the spreader and directed at anacute angle ytoward the inner surface of a garment when said garment issuspended from the hanger and said spreader isgin positionon thepostfand attache'dv tosaid. garment so that when steam is ejected fromthe Vnozzle the garment 'isfthereby extended and rotated. i

3. 'In a garment renovating apparatus,,a gar; ment hanger supported tohave free turning movement upon a vertical Vaxis, a garment spreaderhaving 'a series of fasteners forjattach-l ing thespreader to the lower'end of a garment suspended from saidchanger, said spreader havinga hub,a post disposed vertically incalinement with the axis 'of saidV hangerandl extending through the bore of' said hub, and a s team-ejecti ingnozzle disposed beneath the spreader arranged 'for' applying a jet :ofsteam at an acute angle againstthe inner surface. of a garment when saidgarment is suspended between the hanger Vand spreader soV that saidgarment is thereby e'x-l tended and rotated while clea'rsed bythesteam'.

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